2pac - Changes

I see no ^Amchanges; wake up in the ^Emmorning and I ask my-^Dsus4self; "Is life worth liv^Csus2ing' Should I blas^Gt my-self'" I'm tired of bein' ^Dpoor and even worse I'm ^Cblack. My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to ^Amsnatch. Cops give a damn a-^Embout a ne-^Dsus4gro' Pull the trigger, ^Csus2kill a nigga, he's a he-^Gro. Give the crack to the ^Dkids; who the Hell ^Ccares' One less hungry mouth on the welfare.

^Am First ship 'em ^Emdope and let 'em deal to brothers, ^Dsus4 Give 'em guns, step ^Csus2back, and watch 'em kill each other. ^G "It's time to f^Dight back", that's ^Cwhat Huey said; Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead. ^Am I got love for my ^Embrother, but we can never ^Dsus4go nowhere, Unless we ^Csus2share with each other. ^G We gotta start makin' ^Dchanges; Learn to ^Csee me as a brother 'stead of two distant ^Amstrangers. And that's how it's ^Emsupposed to be; How can the ^Dsus4Devil take a brother if he's ^Csus2close to me' ^G I'd love to go ^Dback to when we played as ^Csus2kids, But things changed, and that's the way it is.

^G Come ^Fmaj7on, come ^Con, that's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7 C} Things'll never be the same. ^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7} Ah, ^Cyeah.

^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7 C} Things'll never be the same. ^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7} Ah, ^Cyeah.

I see no ^Amchanges; all I see is ^Emracist faces, ^Dsus4 Misplaced hate makes dis-^Csus2grace to races we ^Gunder. I wonder what it ^Dtakes to make this ^Cone better place; Let's erase the wasted. ^Am Take the evil out the ^Empeople; they'll be acting ^Dsus4right, 'Cos both black and ^Csus2white are smokin' crack to-^Gnight. And only time we ^Dchill is when we kill each ^Cother; It takes skill to be real; time to heal each other.

^Am And although it seems ^EmHeaven sent, We ain't ^Dsus4ready to see a black ^Csus2President, uh. ^G It ain't a secret; don't con-^Dceal the fact; The peni-^Ctentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks. ^Am But some things will ^Emnever change; Try to ^Dsus4show another way, but they ^Csus2stayin' in the dope game. ^G Now tell me what's a ^Dmother to do' Bein' ^Creal don't appeal to the brother in you. ^Am You gotta operate the ^Emeasy way; "I ma^Dsus4de a G today"^Csus2, but you made it in^G a sleazy way. Sellin' crack to the ^Dkids; "I gotta^C get paid", Well, hey, well that's the way it is.

^G Come ^Fmaj7on, come ^Con, that's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7 C} Things'll never be the same. ^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7} Ah, ^Cyeah.

^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7 C} Things'll never be the same. ^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7} Ah, ^Cyeah.

We gotta make a ^Amchange;^{Em D} It's time for us as a ^Cpeople to start makin' some ^Gsus4changes. Let's change the ^Dway we ^Ceat, let's change the way we live, ^Am And let's change the way we ^Emtreat each other. ^D You see the old ^Cway wasn't working, So it's ^Gsus4on us to do what we ^Dgotta do to sur-^Cvive.

And still I see no ^Amchanges; can't a brother ^Emget a little peace' There's ^Dsus4war on the streets and the ^Csus2war in the Middle ^GEast. Instead of war on ^Dpoverty, They got a ^Cwar on drugs so the police can bother me. ^Am And I ain't never did a ^Emcrime I ain't have to ^Dsus4do, But now I'm back with the ^Csus2facts, givin' 'em back to ^Gyou. Don't let 'em ^Djack you up, back you ^Cup, Crack you up and pimp smack you up.

^Am You gotta learn to ^Emhold ya own; They get ^Dsus4jealous when they see ya with ya ^Csus2mobile phone. But ^Gtell the cops they can't ^Dtouch this; I don't ^Ctrust this, when they try to rush, I bust this. ^Am That's the sound of my ^Emtool; You say it ain't ^Dsus4cool, but mama didn't ^Csus2raise no fool. ^G And as long as I ^Dstay black, I gotta ^Cstay strapped and I never get to lay back. ^Am 'Cos I always got to ^Emworry 'bout the pay-^Dsus4back, Some buck that I ^Csus2roughed up way ^Gback, Comin' back after ^Dall these years. Rat-a-^Ctat-tat-tat-tat! That's the way it is, uh.

^G Come ^Fmaj7on, come ^Con, that's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7 C} Things'll never be the same. ^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7} Ah, ^Cyeah.

^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7 C} Things'll never be the same. ^{G Fmaj7 C} That's just the way it is, ^{G Fmaj7} Ah, ^Cyeah.